B.C. Liberals, NDP spar over donation from billionaire developer

Liberal Leader Christy Clark met with developer Peter Wall after he donated $400,000 to her party

In this composite image, made from two photographs, Liberal Leader Christy Clark, left, and NDP Leader John Horgan are seen while speaking during campaign stops in Port Coquitlam and Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday, April 12, 2017. (The Canadian Press / Darryl Dyck)

According to the NDP, the records show the donations were made from three separate companies affiliated with Peter Wall: BJW Investment ($100,000), PWO Investments ($100,000) and 2300 Kingsway Residences ($200,000).

The NDP released this video on Wednesday showing Liberal Leader Christy Clark and developer Peter Wall having a chat two months after he donated $400,000 to her party. (NDP/Instagram)

At an event on affordable housing on Wednesday in Burnaby, NDP Leader John Horgan accused Clark of granting exclusive meetings with donors and catering to their interests.

"I believe that the B.C. Liberals sat idly by for years ignoring the [housing] crisis because it was working well for them," said Horgan.

"Whose interest is it to see housing prices go up?... It's in the interest of the wealthy developers. Those are the ones that have been bankrolling the B.C. Liberals."

Clark responded to the barbs at an event in Surrey on Wednesday. She was forthcoming about her meeting with Wall and said it was not a secret meeting.

"[The meeting] was outdoors in a public plaza. It wasn't a private meeting," said Clark.

The Liberal leader defended those types of meetings and said they haven't influenced any of the decisions she's made.

"I can tell you [Peter Wall] and every other major developer in B.C. was mighty upset with me when we brought in a foreign tax of 15 per cent. They were mighty upset when we brought in a luxury tax on homes over $2 million," said Clark.